Stories for May 27, 2011

This three-part series provides a unique insight into how the technological revolution of the last 40 years has transformed all our lives. "Electric Dreams" features the Sullivan-Barnes family, who have bravely agreed to be transported back to 1970 - the dawn of the digital age - and then fast-forwarded at the rate of a day per year through the Seventies, Eighties and Nineties.

On Monday, the San Diego County Grand Jury issued a report saying the costs of staying at City Hall rather than building a new civic center were exaggerated by the city and that the city can have a safe and functional city hall without spending almost 300 million.

Every 10 years San Diego City Council districts are redrawn. This time, a ninth City Council seat will be added. Seven citizens have been appointed to the influential San Diego Redistricting Commission. Both the committee and the process are generating some controversy.

It's been nine years since a federal court first declared the crowding in California's prisons an emergency. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a 2002 lower court ruling that gave California two years to move tens of thousands of prisoners our of the state's overcrowded prisons.

Memorial Day is a solemn and powerful event at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. The Pentagon Channel reports the Third Infantry Regiment helped prepare the cemetery for Memorial Day by making sure each and every one of the 220,000 gravesites at Arlington had an American flag placed upon it.

A hearing is scheduled today on whether a judge should affirm her tentative ruling that the city of San Diego is bound by California environmental quality laws when issuing permits for fireworks shows.

Efforts are underway to save a secluded 1970s mural on the campus of San Diego State University. Some of the most beloved rock bands in history walked by this mural on their way to perform on campus. But saving it is no easy task.